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SCA: security update for django-helpdesk (GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409101

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - django-helpdesk is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site
 Scripting') (CVE-2021-3994)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409101

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3994

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3994

cwe: CWE-79